News Items: Scalia’s Lap Dance, etc.

On Saturday night, Supreme Court Justices Antonin Scalia and Ruth Bader Ginsburg made their operatic débuts, in “Ariadne auf Naxos” at the Washington National Opera. Reliable Source, Philip Kennicott, and Opera Chic report; Anne Midgette sticks to the music. Correction: Lisa Hirsch points out that Scalia and Ginsburg actually made their débuts back in 1994.